Santander, Francisco de Paula | "Congrès de Bogota: Discours du Vice-President"

 French translation by Benoît Chassériau, made at the request of the Duke of Clermont-Tonnerre, minister of the Navy and Colonies, of the speech by Francisco de Paula Santander, Vice President of Colombia, delivered at the Second Congress of Colombia in Bogota, 6 April 1824, 13 pages (308 x 217 mm) written on seven leaves, the final leaf conjugate with a cover-title leaf, "Congrès de Bogota: Discours du Vice-President à l’ouverturé de Congre de l’un 1824," together forming self-wrappers. Sewn.

Manuscript - Speech by Francisco de Paula Santander, 2nd Congress of Colombia in Bogota, April 6th 1824-in

French translation by Benoît Chassériau on the request of the Duke of Clermont-Tonnerre, minister of the Navy and Colonies -April 1824

13 pages

On April 4, 1824, the sessions of the second constitutional legislature were formally installed from Colombia. The Senate, chaired by General Rafael Urdaneta, counted this year with the attendance of 24 senators. Santander speech occurred in April 6, 1824 at the opening of the sessions of the Congress.

The Congress of Colombia in 1824 agreed:

Grants aid to Bolívar for his campaign in the south

Suppresses the extraordinary faculties of the Lliberator

- Approves the union treaties with Mexico and Argentina

- The national territory is divided into departments, provinces and cantons in an attempt to reduce centralism.

Literature (Spanish version publication)

- Francisco de Paula Santander. "Mensaje del vicepresidente al Congreso de Colombia, 6 de abril de 1824"